The European Parliament’s Committee on Culture (CULT) debated, on Tuesday 28 March, its position on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). For the time being, no text has been presented, but the rapporteur, Sabine Verheyen (EPP, German), has issued guidelines... and the first divergences are emerging.
Legal basis and legislative act
In particular, MEPs have raised doubts about the legal basis, i.e. Article 114 TFEU, on the Internal Market. “We are not talking about a commodity here, but...